>>>>I think maybe this task at hand will motivate me to learn jQuery or some other Javascript tool. Here is what I am trying to do:
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>>>>An aspx page has a bunch of textboxes and dropdown controls. Initially all controls are disabled. User should be able to click on a button and set all controls to be enabled. I would prefer not to repost the page. So is there a way to change the Enabled attribute of all textboxes without reposting the page?
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>>>jquery and css selectors
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>>>$("input").prop('disabled', true);
>>>$("input").prop('disabled', false);
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>>Thank you. I will have to study the syntax (I kind of expected that it will come down to learning jQuery).
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>The important bit is the 'selector' : $("input") selects all 'input' elements (input, textarea and buttons). The remainder sets the disabled property of each.
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>If you wanted to disable only a subset you could use the class attribute on the relevant elements and use:
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>$('.className').prop('disabled',true);
>(Note the '.' preceding className)
Thank you very much for the explanation.
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